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Domestic / Civil Service
Foreign Affairs Officer
This position is located in the Office of Foreign Missions (OFM), which is responsible for implementing the requirements of the Foreign Missions Act of 1982 (22 U.S.C. 4301‐4316, as amended). OFM contributes to the reduction of the U.S. Government's operating costs overseas and helps protect the American public from the abuses of diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities.
San Francisco, California
Closing Date: May 01, 2026
Program Analyst (Data Analyst)
The position is located in A/GO's Office of Allowances, Bureau of Administration, U.S. Department of State. The incumbent provides expert advisory, evaluative, and policy advice on the efficiency and effectiveness of an array of essential programmatic, administrative, and management issues in the Office of Allowances.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 01, 2026
Program Analyst
This position is located in the Bureau of Human Resources, Organization and Talent Analytics Office, Workforce Planning and Analysis Division (HR/OTA/WPA). OTA provides a number of services in the areas of resource management, workforce planning, classification policy and compensation policy, and organizational analysis.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 01, 2026
Lead Interpreter (American Sign Language (ASL))
This position is located in the Bureau of Human Resources, Office of Accessibility and Accommodation, Disability and Reasonable Accommodations Division (HR/OAA/DRAD). The incumbent serves as a Team Lead, providing senior interpreting and transliterating services for high-level officials, including the Secretary of State, Department employees, applicants who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, and others as necessary.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 01, 2026
Supervisory Foreign Affairs Officer
This position is located in the Office of Outreach (OR) in the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (T). T/OR leads and plans the execution of congressional and media engagement strategies for T Family bureaus and offices. The incumbent acts as an official representative of the T Family to the U.S. Congress and other outward-facing State Department interlocutors. For more information about this bureau family, visit: T Family
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 04, 2026
Program Analyst
This position is located in the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy, Office of Health Diplomacy (GHSD/HD). The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) leads and coordinates the Department's work on strengthening global health security to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious diseases.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 04, 2026
Administrative Officer
This position is located in the Bureau of Administration, Office of the Assistant Secretary (A/FO). The part of the Bureau supported by the position operates as the fulcrum of the Department's management operations,providing world-class administrative services supporting America's global foreign affairs operations.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 04, 2026
Foreign Affairs Officer
The position is located in the Cultural Heritage Center, under the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/P/CH). The mission of ECA is to advance foreign policy goals of the United States by fostering mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 04, 2026
Foreign Affairs Officer
This position is located in the Office of Security Assistance in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/SA). PM/SA is responsible for the direction and management of over $6 billion in security assistance to allies and friends through policy development, budget formulation, and program oversight. For more information about the Bureau, visit: PM
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 04, 2026
Supervisory Foreign Affairs Officer
The position is located in the Office of English Language Programs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs (ECA/A/L). The Office provides expertise to the Bureau, Department, and U.S. embassies overseas on Teaching English as a Foreign Language and manages English language programs for the Bureau.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
Lead Foreign Affairs Officer
The position is located in the Cultural Heritage Center, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/P/C), Department of State (DoS). The incumbent is recognized as an expert in cultural heritage policy and serves as Executive Director for one or more of the Congressionally mandated advisory and/or interagency bodies
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
The Office of Investigations (INV), in the Office of Inspector General, has broad jurisdiction over criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of alleged violations of Federal laws, regulations, and policies relating to Department of State and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) programs and operations, such as: procurement fraud, grant fraud, false claims, public corruption, conflicts of interest, trafficking in persons, and employee misconduct or serious wrong doing.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
Foreign Affairs Officer – Direct Hire Authority
This position is located in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, Office of Emerging and Critical Technology (CDP/ECTP). For more information about the Bureau, visit: CDP. This serves as public notice for the use of OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (Assistant Special Agent in Charge)
This position is located in the Office of Investigations (INV). INV has broad jurisdiction over criminal, civil, and administrative investigations of alleged violations of Federal laws, regulations, and policies relating to Department of State (Department) and U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) programs and operations, such as: procurement fraud, grant fraud, false claims, public corruption, conflicts of interest, trafficking in persons, and employee misconduct or serious wrong doing.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
Logistics Management Specialist
Located in the Bureau of Administration, Office of Global Operations, Logistics Operations Directorate, Office of Transportation Management (A/GO/OPS/TM). This position serves as a Logistics Management Specialist overseeing operations at a 400,000 sq ft U.S. Logistics Center supporting global missions. It manages transportation, warehousing, and distribution of personal effects and supplies, while providing technical guidance, analyzing logistics programs and overseeing contracts as COR.
Hagerstown, Maryland
Closing Date: May 05, 2026
Physical Security Specialist
This position is located in the Project Coordination Division, Office of Physical Security Programs, under the Directorate of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Countermeasures, Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS/C/PSP/PCD). PCD is responsible for ensuring a safe and secure physical security environment at overseas diplomatic posts and residences for the protection of U.S. government personnel, facilities, and classified information under the authority of the Chief of Mission (COM).
Arlington, Virginia
Closing Date: May 06, 2026
Foreign Affairs Officer
This position in the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD)'s Office of Health Programs (HP). The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) leads U.S. diplomatic engagement and implements global health and global health security programs, including to address Human immunodeficiency virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS), malaria, tuberculosis (TB), polio, and emerging infectious disease threats.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 06, 2026
Budget Analyst
This position is located in the Bureau of Budget and Planning (BP). The incumbent serves as a Budget Analyst and performs analytical evaluative work in one or more phases of the budgetary process, e.g., budget formulation and justification, presentation and enactment, or execution.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 06, 2026
Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist
This position is in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 50 § 3024(v) and appointments are made without regard to the requirements of the Competitive Service by laws, Executive order, or OPM regulations. This position is located in the Bureau of Intelligence & Research, Office of Intelligence Operations & Oversight (INR/OPS) and coordinates sensitive intelligence & counterintelligence operations.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 07, 2026
Supervisory Criminal Investigator
This position is located in the Dignitary Protection Division (DP), Office of Protection (P), Assistant Director for Domestic Operations (DO), Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS). The Supervisory Criminal Investigator in the Dignitary Protection Division is primarily responsible for overseeing operational security plans for visiting foreign ministers, foreign cabinet-level officials, and other high-ranking U.S. and foreign dignitaries authorized DS protection.
Arlington, Virginia
Closing Date: May 07, 2026
Lead Government Information Specialist
This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Passport Services Directorate, Office of Records Management, Records Review and Release Division (CA/PPT/S/RM/RRR). The incumbent determines the release or denial of passport information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act (PA) and conducts liaison activities with USG, State and local law enforcement agencies and the general public.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 08, 2026
Supervisory Program Analyst
This position is located in the Office of Private Sector Exchange Program Administration, Directorate for Private Sector Exchange, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA/EC/OPA. The incumbent manages subordinate staffers responsibility for ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of exchage visitors in the U.S. and part of the Department's Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) that operates on J-1 visas.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 08, 2026
Management and Program Analyst
This position is within the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions (M/EX), which is the State Department's internal management policy, consulting, and data analytics capability. M/EX is comprised of three directorates, Enterprise Services, Operational Alignment and Business Operations. M/EX catalyzes strategic insights and solutions to help improve the Department's management platform and advance foreign policy goals.
District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 08, 2026
Supervisory Program Analyst
The position is located in the Office of Analytics (GPA/RA/AN), Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) of Research and Analytics, Bureau of Global Public Affairs (GPA), Department of State (DOS). The position oversees the development and implementation of comprehensive media research and analysis strategy for GPA to measure and improve the effectiveness of its programs and services in support of U.S. foreign policy goals.
Washington, District of Columbia
Closing Date: May 08, 2026
Passport Specialist - Direct Hire Authority
This serves as public notice for the use of OPM's Direct Hire Authority. Applicants who meet the qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies. This position is located in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Arkansas Passport Center. Passport Specialists adjudicate passport applications and provide guidance in dealing with passport applications.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Closing Date: May 08, 2026
Worldwide / Foreign Service
Foreign Service Office Management Specialist (FS 9017)
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Sep 30, 2026
Foreign Service Consular Fellow - Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, and/or Spanish Proficiency
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Sep 30, 2026
Foreign Service Diplomatic Technology Officer (FP 2885)
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Sep 30, 2026
Diplomatic Security Foreign Service Special Agent (SA) (FP-2501)
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Dec 31, 2026
Diplomatic Security: Foreign Service Security Technical Specialist (FS 2560)
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Apr 26, 2027
Diplomatic Security: Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer (FS-2550)
Department of State Posts - Overseas and Domestic
Closing Date: Apr 26, 2027
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